[TheForge] Treadle Hammer drawing dies

Tue Jul 8 14:50:05 2003

Basically the drawing dies are just big fullers.  I made them from the top
of a railroad track, ground a curve on the top about the same as a 2 lb.
coffee can, next to the pieces of track I put a piece 1" wide and  4" long
the same height as the track pieces, I use this flat section to correct the
sideways spreading when tappering work.
I've tappered  hundreds of  pieces of  1/2" square bar for scroll work with
this setup,  it's not a power hammer by any means but it sure beats swing a
hand hammer.
Randy Mundt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barking Crow" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Treadle Hammer drawing dies


> Randy,
>
> would you give a detailed description of your drawing dies, please.   I
> recently returned from a Clay Spencer workshop on making treadle hammer
> tools at the Alabama Forge Council Pavilion at Tannehill State Park
outside
> Birmingham (a fantastic facility) and we came home with 29 or so tools
each.
> We made 3 sets of fullers that consist of different size sections of coil
> spring that mount top and bottom on the hammer, is that what you mean by
> drawing dies?
>
> The workshop was fantastic and I'm just beginning to try out the tools.  I
> also found that I'm gonna have to buy a Grizzly knife maker's grinder.
>
> Jeff Valentine
>
>
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